> First and foremost, SOM. Both the 2.x version provided in OS/2 and
> the 3.x version made available separately.
>
>
>
> Second, the Workplace Shell, which is based upon SOM.
>
>
>
> These should be easy to release to the open source community, since
> they were developed wholly by IBM.
>
>
>
> John P Baker
>
> Software Engineer
>
>
>

Hopefully IBM will consider them when they receive the
petition (which was to open source OS/2 or at least
parts of it if they don't open source all of it).

#1292 Re: [osFree] Any News on Release OS/2 to Open Source [Was: Which parts would be chosen?]
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Tom Lee Mullins
Oct 19, 2005
Kenn Yuill wrote:

>Certainly, I don't know enough about the innards of OS/2 to guess, but
>presume that it would be those portions developed solely by IBM.
>
>However, do you know if there was any response from IBM to the recently
>submitted petition on releasing OS/2 to open source?
>
>Tom Lee Mullins wrote as follows on 18/10/05 18:49:
>
>
>
>>If IBM decides to open source parts
>>of OS/2, which parts would be desired?
>>
>>
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>
>

It was revised and will be sent to IBM. It is on its way.
I hope they consider open sourcing parts they do have
legal rights to.

pinoozzyid
Oct 26, 2005
I'm impressed with what Haiku has done so far. I know they have been
working for years now and still they don't have much, but they came up
with a concept that in my view could change a lot of things we do today.
They hired someone "virtually", through donations, to work on the code
of the port.
That's brilliant if you can take it a step further. If one thinks
about this, any group of interest could create a "virtual company",
with "virtual workers", very motivated people, working on a goal, the
group's goal.
Hell, I'll be very, very, very happy to work on it. I'm a programer
but I do Java just because no one would hire me to develop OS/2 kernel
(yeah, sure).
We should think about this, I believe there is future on this concept
(and not just for a port of OS/2)

I know commercial people is going to ask,,, where the hell is the
profit?. I'm sure that some imagination will bring the answer to that
question (in time)

> I'm impressed with what Haiku has done so far. I know they have been
> working for years now and still they don't have much, but they came up
> with a concept that in my view could change a lot of things we do today.
> They hired someone "virtually", through donations, to work on the code
> of the port.
> That's brilliant if you can take it a step further. If one thinks
> about this, any group of interest could create a "virtual company",
> with "virtual workers", very motivated people, working on a goal, the
> group's goal.
> Hell, I'll be very, very, very happy to work on it. I'm a programer
> but I do Java just because no one would hire me to develop OS/2 kernel
> (yeah, sure).
> We should think about this, I believe there is future on this concept
> (and not just for a port of OS/2)
>
> I know commercial people is going to ask,,, where the hell is the
> profit?. I'm sure that some imagination will bring the answer to that
> question (in time)
>
> Leonardo Pino
>
>

Is that similar to the 'bounty' mentioned at the forum athttp://www.os2world.com ? It sounds like a good idea; the
getting people to give funds might be the tricky part.

> > I'm impressed with what Haiku has done so
> > far. I know they have been
> > working for years now and still they
> > don't have much, but they came up
> > with a concept that in my view could
> > change a lot of things we do today.
> > They hired someone "virtually",
> > through donations, to work on the code
> > of the port.
> > That's brilliant if you can take
> > it a step further. If one thinks
> > about this, any group of interest
> > could create a "virtual company",
> > with "virtual workers", very motivated
> > people, working on a goal, the
> > group's goal.
> > Hell, I'll be very, very, very happy
> > to work on it. I'm a programer
> > but I do Java just because no one would
> > hire me to develop OS/2 kernel
> > (yeah, sure).
> > We should think about this, I
> > believe there is future on this concept
> > (and not just for a port of OS/2)
> >
> > I know commercial people is going to ask,,,
> > where the hell is the
> > profit?. I'm sure that some imagination
> > will bring the answer to that
> > question (in time)
> >
> > Leonardo Pino
> >
> >
> Is that similar to the 'bounty' mentioned at the forum at
> http://www.os2world.com ? It sounds like a good idea; the
> getting people to give funds might be the tricky part.
>

There is a special section for the 'bounty' discussion.

I guess one would have to find the funds or raise the
funds to provide for the incentive for the bounty(?).